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| Description: Define "there exists at most one x such that φ." Here we define it in terms of existential uniqueness. Notation of [BellMachover] p. 460, whose definition we show as mo3 1394. For other possible definitions see mo2 1393 and mo4 1396. |
| Ref | Expression |
|---|---|
| df-mo | ⊢ (∃*xφ ↔ (∃xφ → ∃!xφ)) |
| Step | Hyp | Ref | Expression |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wph | . . 3 wff φ | |
| 2 | vx | . . 3 set x | |
| 3 | 1, 2 | wmo 1374 | . 2 wff ∃*xφ |
| 4 | 1, 2 | wex 977 | . . 3 wff ∃xφ |
| 5 | 1, 2 | weu 1373 | . . 3 wff ∃!xφ |
| 6 | 4, 5 | wi 3 | . 2 wff (∃xφ → ∃!xφ) |
| 7 | 3, 6 | wb 146 | 1 wff (∃*xφ ↔ (∃xφ → ∃!xφ)) |
| Colors of variables: wff set class |
| This definition is referenced by: mo2 1393 mobid 1397 hbmo1 1399 hbmo 1400 cbvmo 1401 exmoeu 1406 moabs 1408 exmo 1409 moeq 1911 |